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Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 9 (HS-9) was an Antisubmarine Warfare Squadron helicopter squadron of the United States Navy that was originally commissioned in 1956 at Naval Air Station Quonset Point, Rhode Island with five HSS-1 “Seabat” helicopters. The squadron was deactivated in 1968. A new HS-9 was commissioned in 1976, deploying eight, Sikorsky SH-3H “Sea Kings”. It was again decommissioned in 1993. HS-9 saw combat in the Middle East during the 1990-1991 Gulf War and deployed around the globe, including the Arctic Circle and Cape Horn. The squadron also appeared on the silver screen in the movie ''The Final Countdown''. The “Sea Griffins” adopted a uniform patch design that included a Griffin standing on the deck of an aircraft carrier breaking a submarine into two pieces. ==History== On 1 June 1956, the Navy's first all weather helicopter squadron was established at NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island as Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron NINE (HS-9). The squadron began with five HSS-1 "Seabat" helicopters flown and supported by 20 officers and 100 enlisted men (tail code "HE"). HS-9 was first assigned to the aircraft carrier and made two deployments to the Mediterranean Sea and the Caribbean in 1957 and 1958. After retirement of the ''Leyte'', HS-9 was assigned to the and operated in the Atlantic Ocean in 1959. On 2 May 1960, HS-9 joined with anti-submarine squadrons VS-34 ''Proud Tigers'' and VS-39 ''Hoot Owls'' in ceremonies establishing ''Carrier Antisubmarine Air Group 60 (CVSG-60)'' (tail code "AW"), thus forming the genesis of the Hunter/Killer Groups of the 1960s and early 1970s. From 1960 to 1966 CVSG-60 operated from the deck of in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. In October 1962 the ''Sea Griffins'' flew numerous antisubmarine and surface ship surveillance missions in support of the quarantine of Cuba. At its peak in 1964, HS-9 had a complement of 50 officers and 260 enlisted men. In 1963 HS-9 transitioned to the Sikorsky SH-3A ''Sea King''. By the time the squadron celebrated its tenth birthday in 1966, it had acquired over 55,000 flight hours and more than 15,000 ship-board landings. In 1966 CVSG-60 made a single deployment aboard the ''Randolph''. From May to September 1967 a four aircraft detachment (HS-9 Detachment 66) embarked on in support of initial feasibility studies of the "CV Concept." While aboard, the ''Sea Griffins'' aided in the evacuation of casualties from , which was attacked in the Mediterranean during the October 1967 Arab-Israeli conflict. From February to June 1968 CVSG-60 made a last deployment to the Mediterranean Sea, again on the ''Essex''. After this tour the ''Essex'' was retired, and VS-34, VS-39 and HS-9 were disestablished, the ''Sea Griffins'' on 1 October 1968. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HS-9」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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